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Other "RRa" violators that I have noticed: Mano (in fact, at one time, that used to be a good way to tell his songs apart from SPB's!), Vasundhara in "Dating" (boys), going "kaRka kasadaRa kattttRavai katttttRapin . These can be excused, since these people probably did not learn Tamil formally in an academic environment. The one that has me puzzled for quite some time is SPB in "July maadham vandhaal" (pudhiya mugam), singing "kaadu malaigaL dhaesangaL kaaNboamaa kaatttRaik kaeL", given that he has always pronounced it flawlessly all these years. (I wonder if it was a dig at Mano - highly unlikely since SPB is the ultimate gentleman!) Maybe that's how Vairamuthu pronounced it - anybody remember/know how VM pronounces it in his interviews? Anybody know the history behind this?